59 h. ago Italian court upholds life sentence for parents of Pakistani woman killed by her family

ROME — An Italian appeals court Friday upheld life sentences for a Pakistani couple convicted of murdering their 18-year-old daughter in a so-called honour killing after she refused an arranged marriage. The case shocked many Italians and became a symbol of the brutal mistreatment of immigrant women who rebel against inflexible family rules. The appeals […]

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5 d. ago First lawsuit filed over deadly nightclub roof collapse in Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The first known lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a legendary nightclub whose roof collapsed and killed 231 people in the Dominican Republic. The family of one victim sued Jet Set nightclub owner Antonio Espaillat and his mother, Ana Grecia Lopez, along with the Dominican government and the […]

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7 d. ago Schumer seeks to halt flights for helicopter company after deadly Hudson River crash

NEW YORK — New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits of the helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper broke apart in midair and plunged into the Hudson River Thursday, killing a family of five visiting from Spain and the pilot, a Navy SEAL veteran. At a press […]

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1 week ago ‘We were blessed’: Parents of Alberta girl killed in crash lean on faith to get through grief

Josey and Jason Field are living a parent's worst nightmare after one of their daughters died and their three other kids injured in a crash — but are doing so with grace and faith.

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1 week ago Killer apologizes to family for fatally stabbing London man: 'Forever sorry'

The morning Antony Centeno-So stabbed a friend to death is, he said, “a blur.” “It is all a blur for me because I was regularly sleep deprived and under the influence of crystal meth and fentanyl. This was the lowest time of my life,” he said Thursday at the second day of his sentencing hearing […]

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1 week ago Supreme Court confirms order for new murder trials in attack on woman’s parents

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed an order for new first-degree murder trials for an Ontario woman and three others who were convicted in an attack on her parents. Jennifer Pan was sentenced in 2015 to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for first-degree murder, and life […]

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1 week ago Security guard killed on job made ‘countless sacrifices’ for family, says nephew

Senior leaves behind a teenage daughter who was his 'pride and joy'

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1 week ago 50 years ago, Lolita the orca was captured off the coast of B.C. A new film follows the fight to set her free

Film looks at Lummi Nation's hope to reintroduce killer whale to the Salish Sea family she was ripped

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2 w. ago Sentencing for Calgary parents in death of toddler set for next month

Sentencing arguments were originally scheduled for last month, but the judge in the case was ill.

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2 w. ago Driver facing charges in Brooklyn crash that killed mother, two children

NEW YORK — A woman is facing multiple charges after she crashed into a family out for a walk in Brooklyn, killing a mother and her two children in what New York City Mayor Eric Adams described as a “tragic accident of a Shakespearean proportion.” Miriam Yarimi was charged hours after the Saturday afternoon crash […]

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3 w. ago Teen killed in Calgary crash remembered as a ‘kind and gentle young man’

Family and friends are remembering the 16-year-old boy killed in a collision on Calgary's Crowchild Trail on Wednesday as a kind and gentle young man.

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3 w. ago Victim's family talk of dashed hopes at killer's sentencing hearing

Devon Cherrey-Rooke’s family never doubted how much he loved them and they loved him back. Sometime before his death on Aug. 7, 2022, he sent them a letter saying he was ready to move past the tough life he was living. “I’m done doing drugs. I miss my family, making good money, being trusted and […]

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3 w. ago Man who died in Calgary house fire called ‘a hero’ by family and friends

Family and friends of a Calgary man who was killed in a house fire early Monday morning say he died a hero while rescuing other people and pets from the flames.

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3 w. ago Sentencing delayed for parents guilty of Calgary toddler’s death

An agreed statement of facts says the 18-month-old's parents didn't seek medical treatment and tried to treat the burns with honey before he died from an infection and head trauma.

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last month Family calls for justice reform as Tori Dunn’s accused killer appears in court

Tori Dunn was critically injured in an apparently random attack in her Surrey home on June 16, 2024, and died in hospital. Her accused killer appeared in court on Friday.

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